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<h2>Doctor Visits in Australia </h2>

<h3>Description</h3>

<p>a cross-section from 1977&ndash;1978
</p>
<p><em>number of observations</em> :  5190
</p>
<p><em>observation</em> :  individuals
</p>
<p><em>country</em> :  Australia
</p>


<h3>Usage</h3>

<pre>data(DoctorAUS)</pre>


<h3>Format</h3>

<p>A dataframe containing :
</p>

<dl>
<dt>sex</dt><dd><p>sex</p>
</dd>
<dt>age</dt><dd><p>age</p>
</dd>
<dt>income</dt><dd>
<p>annual income in tens of thousands of dollars
</p>
</dd>
<dt>insurance</dt><dd>
<p>insurance contract (<code>medlevy</code> : 
<code>medibanl</code> <code>levy</code>, <code>levyplus</code> : 
private health insurance, <code>freepoor</code> : 
government insurance due to low income, 
<code>freerepa</code> : government insurance due to 
old age disability or veteran status
</p>
</dd>
<dt>illness</dt><dd><p>number of illness in past 2 weeks</p>
</dd>
<dt>actdays</dt><dd>
<p>number of days of reduced activity in past 2 
weeks due to illness or injury
</p>
</dd>
<dt>hscore</dt><dd>
<p>general health score using Goldberg's method 
(from 0 to 12)
</p>
</dd>
<dt>chcond</dt><dd>
<p>chronic condition (<code>np</code> : no problem, 
<code>la</code> : limiting activity, <code>nla</code> : 
not limiting activity)
</p>
</dd>
<dt>doctorco</dt><dd>
<p>number of consultations with a doctor or 
specialist in the past 2 weeks
</p>
</dd>
<dt>nondocco</dt><dd> 
<p>number of consultations with non-doctor 
health professionals (chemist, optician, 
physiotherapist, social worker, district 
community nurse, chiropodist or 
chiropractor) in the past 2 weeks
</p>
</dd>
<dt>hospadmi</dt><dd> 
<p>number of admissions to a hospital, 
psychiatric hospital, nursing or 
convalescent home in the past 12 months 
(up to 5 or more admissions which is 
coded as 5)
</p>
</dd>
<dt>hospdays</dt><dd>
<p>number of nights in a hospital, etc. 
during most recent admission: taken, 
where appropriate, as the mid-point of 
the intervals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8-14, 
15-30, 31-60, 61-79 with 80 or more 
admissions coded as 80. If no admission 
in past 12 months then equals zero.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>medecine</dt><dd>
<p>total number of prescribed and 
nonprescribed medications used in past 2 days
</p>
</dd>
<dt>prescrib</dt><dd> 
<p>total number of prescribed medications used 
in past 2 days
</p>
</dd>
<dt>nonpresc</dt><dd>
<p>total number of nonprescribed medications 
used in past 2 days
</p>
</dd>
</dl>



<h3>Source</h3>

<p>Cameron, A.C.  and  P.K.  Trivedi (1986) &ldquo;Econometric Models Based on Count Data: Comparisons and Applications of  Some Estimators and Tests&rdquo;, <em>Journal of Applied Econometrics</em>, <b>1</b>, 29-54..
</p>


<h3>References</h3>

<p>Cameron, A.C.  and   Trivedi P.K. (1998) <em>Regression analysis of count data</em>, Cambridge University Press, <a href="http://cameron.econ.ucdavis.edu/racd/racddata.html">http://cameron.econ.ucdavis.edu/racd/racddata.html</a>, chapter 3.
</p>


<h3>See Also</h3>

<p><code>Doctor</code>, 
<code>DoctorContacts</code>, 
<code>Index.Source</code>, 
<code>Index.Economics</code>, 
<code>Index.Econometrics</code>, 
<code>Index.Observations</code>
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